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Experts: The Young "Turned Off" by Old People ...
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorGranted Youth are turned off by Oldies wearing spandex at the local gym complete with generous amounts of "Turkey Wattle" bulging from every area of their Aged...
Facebook water fight destroys Millennium Square G...
The Millennium Square Garden, in Leeds, has been destroyed by hundreds of Facebook users as a result of a water fight bringing them all together by the social network site. "Today's social networks have an...
Chef wants to outlaw out-of-season vegetables
Gordon Ramsay has an interesting idea."Celebrity British chef Gordon Ramsay said restaurants should be fined if they serve out-of-season fruit and vegetables."I'd also like to see floggings instituted for cooking a...
Nigeria’s first basilica
The new minor basilicaOkodili Ndidi writes on the recent inauguration of Nigeria’s first Catholic basilica in Onitsha, Anambra State, concluding that with the expected influx of pilgrims, the state may face new...
R. Kelly Pornography Trial Begins
UPDATE | 09 May - R. Kelly appeared in a Chicago court on Friday as his trial on child pornography charges finally began."Six years after he was charged with videotaping himself having sex with an underage girl,...
Christians seek destruction of Amazon's last lost...
There really is no hope for the fewtribes who aren’t part of the western, industrial, total agricultural mother culturewhen the religious nutters are intent on bringing their special brandof insanity to them""
No Reservations About Mother's Day
What could be better than flowers and a brunch in your honor on Mother's Day? Children and spouses have been doing it for many decades. Sending the flowers, calling long distance (the biggest day for phone calls of the year) and booking over-priced brunches to celebrate mom...
Politics: Junior "Depends" on Seniors POV !
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorDuring an exchange in the House of Commons, an Elder "Grandmother" Member of Parliament referred to a 28 year old "New " Member of Parliament (MP) as "Junior", what is...
Gran Turismo™ series shipment exceeds 50 millio...
"Just had this official press release through from Sony. Check it out below….Remarkable Sales Achieved In Only 10 Years And 4 Months Since The Original Gran Turismo Launched In 1997.Tokyo, May 9, 2008 – Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI) announced today that the...
Flogos: No more single-prop powered flying
Proving once again that either porn or marketing leads the way in innovative communication, a company called Flogos is providing an alternative to the old-school airplane-towed advertisement..."We've all heard of...
Why America Doesn't Need Foreign Oil
The U.S. had reached peak oil long ago. The world resources are now reaching, if not already reached, peak oil. There's nothing more substantially new to drill that will fill the gap. Our economic way of life and security are in imminent danger. The U.S., however, has...
Madonna comes to Vancouver for first time ever
I am so there!I have been a fan of Madonna for as long as I can remember, and I have seen her in a play, but never in concert. I better start saving my money now though..."Vancouver is the only other Canadian city...
Police Taser 82 year old man three times - while ...
Only days after a major British Columbia public inquiry into Taser use by police (read the story here), another scandal has hit the headlines after an 82-year-old man recovering from heart bypass surgery was tasered...
An Injury Proof Car By Volvo in 2020
Comeyear 2020 and the big automaker Volvo could roll out a car that’ssupposed to be “injury proof.” This car would achieve this feat byincorporating an automatic braking system and a steering system as well.Its automated braking and steering would be heavily assisted by...
